The "Yaksa" steam sailboat slowly left Xunwei Port. The warehouse manager Ba Sanqiang, the weather stationmaster Lin Sen and others were almost crying. In the next few months, almost no ships came. Except for the frozen sea, they could only stay in the countryside and draw circles from the sea to Heishui Port and other places. Not to mention the feeling of loneliness.

The "Yaksa" transport ship is the second hybrid ship built by the Blackwater Shipyard, which is a big breakthrough. The ship has a capacity of 250 tons, the length between vertical lines is 28.5 meters and the width is 7.5 meters. When fully loaded, the stern column draft is 3.8 meters, the bow draft is 3.5 meters, and the inclination difference is 32 cm. In general, this is a ship with a large aspect ratio, so the ship speed is faster. The Blackwater Shipyard is also the first time to build this kind of ship with a slightly higher technical content. Judging from the data of the trial sailings, the effect is not bad, and the sailors are very satisfied.

It is worth mentioning that the "Yaksa" is a military ship, affiliated to the newly established third fleet, Sea of ​​Okhotsk squadron, and is also the only ship of the squadron. It was said that the squadron did not intend to use the name of Sea of ​​Okhotsk (the Russians established Fort Okhotsk along the coast), but the other name of the sea, Tungus Sea, was too ugly, so he barely used this name.

The role of the Okhotsk Sea Squadron is to guard the island chain group of the Hokkiel Islands-Kuril Islands-Kazakhsaka Peninsula, and also bear the security of part of the Japanese Sea on the west coast of the Hokkiel Island. In short, it completely treats this resource-rich sea as the inland sea of ​​the East Coast people, and blocks the coastline of the Russian territory and presses it firmly on the mainland.

At this time, the bottom of the ship was filled with heavy objects such as iron products - this was loaded at Heishui Port. The place was the only industrial production site in the entire Heishui area. It can use North Korea's imported iron materials to process some agricultural tools and knives. There are also some wool velvets, shoes, boots, wood, salted fish, leather and other commodities in the middle and upper part of the cabin, which are basically special products from Sakhalin Island and the Amur River Basin. Among them, wool velvets and shoe boots were loaded in the south for the first time. The strongholds on Sakhalin Island have many immigrants to be transported by Huai'an Prefecture, a considerable number of them are handicraftsmen (most of the more than 300,000 people in Qingjiangpu Town are citizens). Therefore, it is also a good way to use the island's rich resources to carry out small-scale handicraft production.

Shao Shuguang, who just graduated early this year from the Corps Fort, was a ship on Heishui Port. He bought a lot of bear skins, fox skins and mink skins there. If sold to the Dutch, it would be conservatively estimated to be worth 5,000 yuan. As for the funds required for the acquisition, he was partly paid by himself, and partly borrowed from his friends before leaving. He planned to sell this batch of high-end fur in Dinghai County. All the funds obtained were used to purchase Taiwanese bank stocks, which looked about 5%. Taiwan Bank is said to have unfavorable funds raised in the local area. The sales of stocks of 100 yuan per share are worrying. So far, only sixty or seventy shares have been sold, which is very miserable.

After Shao Shuguang injected the 5,000 yuan he had in his hand into the Taiwan Bank, the start-up fee of this large syndicate company will reach 41,000 to 42,000 yuan, and Shaw's shares in the bank will also reach 10%, which is the largest private investment family. Considering that Shao Shuguang, who has just graduated, has been appointed by the local bank as the organizer of the Taiwan Bank and the first executive deputy general manager (the general manager is taken away by a retired local veteran), the future prospects of this bank are also worth looking forward to.

The "Yaksa" encountered heavy fog less than two days after its departure. On October 20, the ship anchored in a small anchorage on the south bank of Rishiri Island, waiting for the weather to improve. Rishiri Island is located in the sea of ​​Japan. The climate is mild due to the influence of warm currents, not as fierce as the north. In addition, the volcanoes in the center of the island can block strong winds, so it is an excellent winter anchorage for ships. Some wheat fields and vegetable fields have been opened on the limited coastal plains on the island. Some places on the hillside also have terraces, slope fields, and fishery supplements, so they can feed a considerable number of people. The island received a resettlement share of 2,000 people in this tide of immigration and resettlement, which shows its strength.

After enjoying the delicious roe deer meal - Rishiri Island and the next door, Liwen Island, have been raising roe deer, deer and goats for more than ten years. The population is now extremely large and has become an endless wealth for residents. On October 22, the fog dissipated, and the "Jacsa" raised its sails and sailed southwest under the command of the captain. Shao Shuguang hired a wandering samurai named Shinnosuke Hashiguchi. He also had more than a dozen other ronin under his command, and he looked very down and was hired by Shao Shuguang for a monthly salary of 6 yuan. He planned to take it to the Taiwan Bank headquarters in Relanzha in the future to prevent any accidents.

On October 30, the ships crawled into the Jeju Prefecture Pier in a huge wave. There is a small ship repair shop here with limited equipment. Fortunately, the "Yaksa" only needs to fill the gaps in the outer protective layer of the ship, pull the rig, paint (using wood tar instead), and other simple tasks. These Jeju ship repair shops can still do it.

There are two armed transport ships in the dock - probably belonging to the Hei Shui Temporary Task Force - and are now loading tall horses into the cabin with the assistance of pulley booms. These horses are from the Hannashan Ranch, and are the products of the 15-year plan of Horse Zheng formulated when General Mo was in power. Most of them are mixed-blood horses that are considered defective or unstable in hereditary traits, so they are sent to Shandong to serve as carriages, war horses, and horses. It is worth mentioning that although these horses are eliminated from the Horse Zheng Plan, they have great pulling strength, strong sprinting power, high shoulders (155-160 cm), and good endurance (combined with the Mongolian Plateau cold-resistant horse bloodline), far exceeding the Mongolian horses that the Qing army mainly targeted, so they are still very popular among the Shandong army. They have gradually spread to various divisions of the minion army - of course they are stallions that have been there.

Jeju Island has been stable for many years and has been consciously immigrated and cleaned by people on the east coast for many years. The proportion of Koreans in the more than 30,000 people in the island has dropped to less than 10%, which is a model of "changing color". Although the land in the three counties of Jeju Island (Jeju Prefecture, Jeju Prefecture, Jeongyi County, and Dajing County) is not very fertile, the entire island still opens a certain range of land. Moreover, because of the abundant pasture resources, the island has received a resettlement share of 20,000 people in this tide of immigration resettlement in Huai'an Prefecture (Busan County and Wonsanjin combined to eat another 30,000 immigrants resettlement share).

On November 2, the "Yaksa" sailboat, which had been buried in Jeju Port Pier for two or three days, finally set sail. Due to the inconvenience of wind direction and ocean current, the "Yaksa" activated the steam-powered propulsion system for the first time in so many days. It slowly left the dock berth at two low speeds and drove into the deep sea. Then it adjusted the sail truss and headed towards the next destination, Ningbo Prefecture Dinghai Port. This time, due to the wind and the distance was not far, it took only three days to arrive at the destination, which was very fast.

The voyage lasted for seventeen days, and the 150 Huai'an Prefecture immigrants (from Xunwei Port) who were checked in the cabin were in good health. Only three people were sick on the way, and they were sick for no more than three days. Thanks to the care of doctors and officers, they stipulated that all immigrants are not allowed to wear wet clothes or wet shoes (wetting clothes and quilts are difficult to avoid during the voyage) lying on the bed. Everyone was asked to prepare more sets of clothes before leaving, and no one missed the opportunity to dry or dry clothes and quilts. People can eat two cans every week to supplement nutrition and drink hot water once a day and night. All of this is of great benefit to the physical and mental health of all immigrants. Therefore, in Shao Shuguang's view, these immigrants who have lived in Xunwei Port for more than a year look quite energetic - especially more than a dozen children, who are blinking at the Dinghai County Pier, looking curious.

Here, Shao Shuguang said goodbye to the officers and sailors of the "Jacsa" who had been with him for a while, and then drove to the preparation office of the Taiwan Bank near the county government. According to the plan, the fourteen professional staff selected from the local area will arrive at the Dinghai Port of Ningbo Prefecture by boat before January 1, 1660, and will officially start the daily operation of the Taiwan Bank together with Shao Shuguang and others who arrived in advance, including discussing business docking with the Northwest Reclamation Bank, developing commodity agents, and absorbing deposits.

The carriage is a four-wheeler on the East Coast standard, but it seems to be an early style, because the wheels are not the popular solid rubber tires on the East Coast. However, it is not easy to see the product of this civilized world in a remote place like Ningbo Prefecture. It seems that the owner of this car dealer is also a smart guy. I just don’t know when the street car company that is popular in the local area will emerge, but it is probably difficult, because there is almost no decent steel industry in the local area. Even if you use cheap wooden rails, the cost is a bit high, and it should not attract much investment in the short term.

The streets of Dinghai County are now undergoing fierce transformation. As a large international port facing North Korea, Japan, Heishui, Denglai and even the east coast - well, I admit that it is a bit of a bragging to say this, but Dinghai Port is indeed one of the most open cities in China since tomorrow - merchants from all walks of life gather here, and all kinds of goods are circulating here. The eyes of the people of Dinghai County are baptized by "foreigners" and "fakes" every day, so they are no longer surprised by the various foreign-style buildings constantly being built in the county.

Haven't you seen that there is a two-story stone building with a strong Baroque style on the street of the county town. It is said that the owner is the son of a lord France. It seems to be related to the Marshal Mo who is vigilant and Dinghai County. He is currently engaged in raw silk and tea business, and has a strong fortune.
Chapter completed!